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Object Number 08-25-50/73535
Display Title Instruments for sucking milk from gourd
Descriptions
Inventory Description Curved wood tube, woven vegetable fiber covering, striped, 1 end woven netting
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Dimensions Overall: 60.3 x 6.6 x 1.5 cm (23 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-25-50/73535 & 73535

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